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Despite the high political drama surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress today , he broke little if any new ground. We already knew how he views the U.S.-led negotiations with Tehran over Iran's disputed nuclear program. We are left then wondering what the point was of his decision to inject himself into the partisan wrangling in Washington by speaking at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner against President Barack Obama's wishes. Mr. Netanyahu said Israel feels threatened by the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon, that Israel doesn't trust Iran to abide by any agreement it signs and that the only way...

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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (2nd from R) administers the oath of office to U.S. President Barack Obama as first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha look on during ceremonies on the West front of the U.S Capitol.

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Despite the high political drama surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress today , he broke little if any new ground. We already knew how he views the U.S.-led negotiations with Tehran over Iran's...

Democrats are telling Republicans to put the American people first and pass a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill because Democratic senators will not accept anything other than a clean bill ("Congress OKs deal to avoid shutdown at...

Soon after Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski announced Monday she wouldn't seek a sixth term in office, comment began rolling in from across the country.President Barack Obama"Senator Mikulski is more than just a legendary senator for the people of...

Barbara A. Mikulski, a 4-foot-11 social worker from Highlandtown, helped stop a highway that threatened Southeast Baltimore. She broke into politics when women on Baltimore's City Council were still called girls — and rose to become a U.S. senator, a...

With the Republicans now in control of both houses of Congress, President Barack Obama has finally invoked his weapon of last resort against being run over by them, by vetoing the Keystone XL pipeline bill.
After more than six years in office and...

Canaries are not very formidable birds, but they have their uses. For instance, coal miners learned over a century ago that when canaries gag and drop dead at the bottom of the cage, it's a sign that maybe there's something wrong with the air in the mine....

The purpose of the Keystone XL pipeline is to make it easier for Canada to export some of filthiest crude oil on the planet — not to the U.S. (we don't need it) but to other countries.
According to letter writer Al Eisner, over 65 percent of Americans...

In the dustup over Rudy Giuliani saying he doesn't believe that the president loves America, it's a tossup who deserves more to be sent to the woodshed, him or the fellow Republicans who rushed to justify his remark.
The man once called "America's...

As a long-time student of politics, I'd like to comment on your editorial entitled "Election of GOP governor opens the door to fairer election redistricting".
Indeed, I can't imagine political partisanship being kept out of the redistricting...

Senate leaders moved toward a deal Wednesday to avoid a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, sidestepping a fight over immigration policy. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, declared his administration would curtail deportation of immigrants...

Washington is such a phony city. Maybe that's why it has such a good relationship with Hollywood.
In the sequel to a "film" we have seen many times before, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was in danger of shutting down today...

Congress voted late Friday to approve a one-week funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security, narrowly avoiding a shutdown while setting up the possibility of another battle over immigration in coming days.
With hours to go before frontline...

The determination of conservative Republicans to thwart Barack Obama at every turn was clear from the first days after his election in 2008, as their Senate leader Mitch McConnell publicly vowed to make him "a one-term president."
That goal got...

Some thoughts on your editorial regarding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security budget while basking in climate cooling ("No time to make America less safe," Feb. 16). First, why is it OK for the Democrats to filibuster and not pay a price...

Be prepared. In the first three minutes of "House of Cards" Season 3, Frank Underwood will do something that will shock you, no matter how cynical and jaded you might think you are about political leaders.
That he is now president of the United...

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed tougher regulations on investment brokers who handle retirement funds, saying it is time to curb hidden fees, "back-door" payments and conflicts of interest that eat into middle-class Americans' savings....

"Never marry a politician or a football coach," begins a bit of wisdom that came my way once. "Not if you ever want to see your husband."
That's true enough.
The wife of legendary Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs used to make...

Amazing. Just ... amazing.
Here we are, six years later, six years of mom jeans and golf dates and taking the girls for ice cream. And yet, some of us are still hung up on the perceived "otherness," the "not like us"-ness, of Barack...

President Barack Obama once again defied the American people by his veto of the Keystone XL pipeline. Over 65 percent of Americans wanted the pipeline to be approved.
There is no good excuse or reason for the Obama administration to carry on their...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Delaney, who spent a career in financial services before running for Congress, joined President Barack Obama on Monday in calling for tougher regulations on brokers who help people plan for retirement -- offering his endorsement of...